Roger MacBride Demonstrates U S Election Dangers
Charlottesville Virginia resident Roger L MacBride becomes a historic note among maverick electors. The piece places him with other distinguished electors who defied party lines by voting for Candidate B instead of Candidate A.
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Roger MacBride
U.S
Washington
Roger L. MacBride
Charlottesville
Samuel Miles
William Plumer
Preston Parks
W. F. Turner
Henry P. Irwin
Lloyd W. Bailey
B. MacBride
Mavericks in the Electoral College Reconsidered by Hospers
A critic argues the electoral system is archaic and should be replaced with a national popular vote or a proportional per state method. The piece cites historical maverick electors and proposes three amendments including abolition of electors and ending winner take all.
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Thomas Hart Benton
MacBride
Nixon
Virginia
McGovern
Hospers
Shakesper
Macbeth
Burgess
Athens Messenger 1972 Athens Ohio Friday edition note
Local Athens newspaper page from December 29 1972 highlights staff and publication details for the Athens Messenger. Identifies publishers Frederick W Bush and Gordon K Bush leaders through 1965, with Fred W Weber circulation and Charles Reamer editor roles. The issue lists date and city of Athens Ohio.
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Athens
Ohio
Land Boom Encroaches on New England States
The land boom extends beyond Florida and California with the six New England states facing strong demand for legislation to regulate sales for industrial recreational and residential development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
California
New England
Local newspaper details and land use debates across New England
The Athens Messenger notes publication details and mailing rates. It then discusses land demand spurred by interstate highways and Expo 1967, with Vermont land sales surging from 100 to 800 dollars per acre. It highlights New Hampshire tax ideas and zoning controls, Maine industrial growth, and Massachusetts growth pressures, including Plymouth’s two year building moratorium.
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Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Massachusetts
Plymouth
Wrighting the Vietnam ceasefire story by Kraft
Joseph Kraft summarizes the Vietnam peace talks aiming to correct public theories. He outlines the October ceasefire base in Kissinger Le Duc Tho talks, concessions by North Vietnam and the United States, briefings by Kissinger, and subsequent Paris negotiations with Nguyen Co Thach conveying terms back to Hanoi.
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Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
le Duc Tho
North Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Thieu
United States
Saigon
International Commission
Paris
Alexander Haig
Washington
Kissinger
Georges Pompidou
Nixon tops Gallup Most Admired Man list for fourth year
Nixon leads the Gallup poll as the most admired man for the fourth consecutive year amid the 1972 election year. Billy Graham is second, Truman third, Kissinger fourth, Kennedy fifth, with Wallace, Agnew, Pope Paul VI, McGovern and Brandt rounding out the top ten. A survey of 1,008 adults conducted December 8–11 across 300 localities informs the rankings. The piece also covers Paris peace talks and criticisms of Nixon’s bombing strategy.
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Richard Nixon
Nixon
Eisenhower
Billy Graham
Graham
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Gallup Poll
Edward Kennedy
John Kennedy
A Kennedy
Most Admired Man 1972 Honor Roll List
The list ranks the decade’s most admired figures with Richard Nixon at No 1 and Billy Graham No 2 followed by Harry Truman Henry Kissinger Edward Kennedy George Wallace Spiro Agnew Pope Paul VI George McGovern Willy Brandt. Honorable mentions include Barry Goldwater Bob Hope Lyndon Johnson Ralph Nader Ronald Reagan Oral Roberts Jonas Salk Fulton Sheen John Wayne and John Connally.
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Richard Nixon
Billy Graham
Harry Truman
Henry Kissinger
Edward Kennedy
George Wallace
Spiro Agnew
Pope Paul VI
George McGovern
Willy Brandt
Barry Goldwater
Bob Hope
Lyndon Johnson
Ralph Nader
Ronald Reagan
Oral Roberts
Jonas Salk
Fulton J. Sheen
John Wayne
John Connally
Notable Figures Mentioned in 1971 Public Controversy
A list of prominent individuals appears linked to 1971 public discourse including Richard Nixon Billy Graham Edward Kennedy Lyndon Johnson Hubert Humphrey Spiro Agnew Ralph Nader Pope Paul VI Bob Hope George Wallace.
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Richard Nixon
Billy Graham
Edward Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Spiro Agnew
Ralph Nader
Pope Paul VI
Bob Hope
George Wallace
Intellectual Incongruities At Holiday Season
William F Buckley discusses Anthony Burgess visiting CCNY and urging students to expand vocabularies and study past literature. He contrasts humanistic and scientific fields and warns against phony education, noting how modern ads use technical language to persuade, while classrooms drift toward Tarzan-talk.
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Anthony Burgess
Fantasist
America
City College of New York
Helen of Troy
Nausicaa
Macbeth
Burgess
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John Hospers
Miles
Pennsylvania
Adams
Jefferson
Plumer
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Parks
Tennessee
the Athens Messenger
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Messenger Publishing Company
Johnson Road
Frederick W. Bush
G. Kenner Bush
Gordon K. Bush
Fred W. Weber
M. W. McDargh
Charles W. Reamer
Richard R. Paynter
Che Athens Messenger
Associated Press
D&s Es
D&s Se Ns
West Virginia
U.S. & Possessions
Messenger Publishing Co
Thomas Salmon
Joseph Kraft
Seattle
Dr. Kissinger
Foreign Office
Small Society
Brickman
Soviet Union
China
William F. Buckley
Prac
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